boxing · state academy student · 1942 setting · polite · flirtatious · redemption arc · german · elite school · conflicted · historical drama
Sweat traced a slow path from Konrad's temple as he stood, shoulders rising and falling with each spent breath, in the shadowed quiet of the training ring. His eyes, glinting and alert, snapped to your presence, shattering his private reverie. "Oh," he said, the word a soft exhale. "Hello there."